Sempert and Krieghoff began in 1885 as per their catagloue and other sources give 1886 or open for business in 1886. Sempert & Krieghoff isn't a parent company to Krieghoff as Heinrich Krieghoff left his father Ludwig to hang out his own shingle in 1916 and acquired Valentin Chr. Schillings machinery post WWI. Upon Ludwig's death in 1924, Heinrich folded Sempert & Krieghoff under Krieghoff. Is the double a Lefaucheux action(forward lever) or a Jones Underlever type? The bands are probably silver or platnum and is it game scene engraved? I'd guess it to be from the 1890s and probably sourced from Sauer. In the early 1920s Sempert and Kreighoff offer Roechling Elektro steel tubes as an option, as well as other types, and the Elektro was all due to Hermann Roechling and Wilhelm Rodenhauser developing an induction or electrical furnace in 1907 which allowed the very fine tuning of the characteristics of metal/steel. Around this same time edelstahl or stainless was developed/introduced. The furnaces were electric; hence the name Elektro. But if there isn't a powder charge and load stamp on the side of the tubes, it would be pre-1910 and I don't know how long it took advances in metals to trickle down to tubes for longarms, but it well could have been in 1907 or before. So the S&K, possibly a Model FATA, could date into the very early part of the 20th century. It's going to have 65mm chambers. I'd check the length of pull.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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